Yankees notes: Carlos Beltran feeling lucky

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Carlos Beltran's frightening flip over the side wall Thursday resulted in a sore left shoulder and right wrist, which kept him out of Friday's starting lineup.

MRIs on the shoulder and wrist came back clean, and Beltran felt he was "lucky" just to be dealing with soreness.

"I knew this could have been real bad," he said.

Beltran is hopeful of being in tonight's lineup. "I'm shooting for that."

In pursuit of Desmond Jennings' third-inning foul pop toward the right field corner, Beltran slammed into Tropicana Field's waist-high side wall – sending him head-over-heels into an open area before the stands.

"If I had a chance to it again, I wish I would have looked," said Beltran, who hadn't played a game at the Trop in nine years.

"I thought I had a chance to make a catch, I didn't want to take my eyes off the baseball," Beltran said, adding with a laugh that a security guard seated near him in a folding chair didn't even move to help break his fall.

Watching from second base, Brian Roberts thought to himself: "What's [Beltran] doing? It was scary for sure. Obviously, we need him for the long run."

Teix on track

Mark Teixeira (strained hamstring) played five innings at first base and singled in five at-bats in Friday's intrasquad game at the minor league complex.

"Another good day. Couldn't be happier with how it's progressing," Teixeira said of his right leg.

Eligible to come off the 15-day disabled list Sunday, Teixeira is scheduled to play seven innings on the minor league side today, "and then we'll make a decision," said manager Joe Girardi.

Briefs

Roberts was not in Friday's starting lineup, but did enter the game in the eighth inning and played second base after he pinch hit for Scott Sizemore. "I wasn't going to play [Roberts] four days in a row on the [artificial] turf," Girardi said. Roberts is coming off a lower back strain. … Vidal Nuno is likely to start Sunday, pending any emergency long relief needs. … Masahiro Tanaka, Michael Pineda and CC Sabathia are the starters for the upcoming series against the Red Sox at Boston's Fenway Park, beginning Tuesday night.

Yankees notes: Carlos Beltran feeling lucky

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Carlos Beltran's frightening flip over the side wall Thursday resulted in a sore left shoulder and right wrist, which kept him out of Friday's starting lineup.

MRIs on the shoulder and wrist came back clean, and Beltran felt he was "lucky" just to be dealing with soreness.

"I knew this could have been real bad," he said.

Beltran is hopeful of being in tonight's lineup. "I'm shooting for that."

In pursuit of Desmond Jennings' third-inning foul pop toward the right field corner, Beltran slammed into Tropicana Field's waist-high side wall – sending him head-over-heels into an open area before the stands.

"If I had a chance to it again, I wish I would have looked," said Beltran, who hadn't played a game at the Trop in nine years.

"I thought I had a chance to make a catch, I didn't want to take my eyes off the baseball," Beltran said, adding with a laugh that a security guard seated near him in a folding chair didn't even move to help break his fall.

Watching from second base, Brian Roberts thought to himself: "What's [Beltran] doing? It was scary for sure. Obviously, we need him for the long run."

Teix on track

Mark Teixeira (strained hamstring) played five innings at first base and singled in five at-bats in Friday's intrasquad game at the minor league complex.

"Another good day. Couldn't be happier with how it's progressing," Teixeira said of his right leg.

Eligible to come off the 15-day disabled list Sunday, Teixeira is scheduled to play seven innings on the minor league side today, "and then we'll make a decision," said manager Joe Girardi.

Briefs

Roberts was not in Friday's starting lineup, but did enter the game in the eighth inning and played second base after he pinch hit for Scott Sizemore. "I wasn't going to play [Roberts] four days in a row on the [artificial] turf," Girardi said. Roberts is coming off a lower back strain. … Vidal Nuno is likely to start Sunday, pending any emergency long relief needs. … Masahiro Tanaka, Michael Pineda and CC Sabathia are the starters for the upcoming series against the Red Sox at Boston's Fenway Park, beginning Tuesday night.